SaaS Hosting Cost Calculator

See how much you'd save running on your own Hetzner server vs managed platforms.

Your Setup

e.g. frontend, backend, API, worker

2

Across all services combined

4 GB

Disk space for app + data

40 GB

Estimated Monthly Cost

Hetzner + Kamal cheapest
$17/mo
Vercel
$90/mo
Render
$57/mo
AWS
$74/mo

Save $682/year

with Hetzner vs the average of other providers

Why one server is better

Most SaaS products don't need microservices, Kubernetes, or multi-region deployments. A single Hetzner server with 8-32 GB RAM can comfortably handle thousands of users.

With Stacknaut, your frontend, backend, and database all run on one box. Deploy with a single command. No load balancer fees. No inter-service networking charges. No surprise bills.

Even better — you can run multiple apps on the same server. Testing three SaaS ideas? That's one $27/month server, not three separate $50+/month hosting bills. For indie developers searching for product-market fit, this alone can save hundreds per month.

When you actually need to scale, you can. But most indie SaaS products never reach that point — and the ones that do are profitable enough to afford it.

Stacknaut gives you the complete stack to ship on one server — auth, billing, infrastructure, and AI-ready architecture.

These are ballpark estimates to give you a rough comparison. Every provider prices things differently — per-seat, per-service, usage-based, with free tiers, credits, and overages that make exact comparisons difficult. Hetzner costs assume a single dedicated-vCPU server (CCX series, EU region) running all services. Vercel costs include external backend hosting since it can't run persistent servers. Based on published pricing as of February 2026.

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